Postgraduate study

MSc in Conservation Science

Objectives

This unique one year full-time MSc course will give you the skills required for success in the highly competitive field of international conservation. The key features are:The course is taught by a partnership including one of the world's leading scientific universities, Imperial College London, and three of the highest profile international conservation practitioner organisations in the UK - the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, the Institute of Zoology at the Zoological Society of London, and the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, each bringing their own expertise and perspectives to the course.

Based at Imperial College, Silwood Park campus, you will also be immersed in the ongoing conservation work of the partner organisations, and will be able to choose six month research project titles linked to their conservation programmes, ensuring that your project contributes to real-world conservation.

The course has a particular focus on:

Interactive learning, so that you learn actively as a group, and focus on current issues and research.

Developing the skills needed to make it as a conservation professional; writing proposals, managing projects, facilitating stakeholder engagement, presenting posters and talks at scientific forums.

Learning to collect, analyse and use both socio-economic and biological information, to give a truly interdisciplinary understanding of the theory and practice of conservation.

Not just an ability to analyse conservation issues, but how to put this understanding into action.

implementing successful conservation projects.

The course is suitable for:

Conservation professionals wishing to update their skills.

Professionals in other fields wishing to enter conservation.

Recent graduates who want to make their career in conservation.

Those interested in carrying on to do further academic research.

Those wishing to improve their field or analytical skills and work with leading conservation professionals before deciding where to put these skills to use.

We don't ask for specific academic qualifications in particular subjects, beyond Imperial College's minimum academic standards for an MSc - instead we are looking for highly motivated and committed people who can show either substantial field experience in a relevant area or evidence of academic ability (or both).

Additional information

Course Directors

Dr Andrew Knight and Dr Morena Mills, Imperial College London

Dr Colin Clubbe, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Dr Tim Wright, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust

Dr Marcus Rowcliffe, Institute of Zoology

Further information and applications

Application forms are available from:

The Admissions OfficeImperial College LondonSouth Kensington campusLondon SW7 2AZApplication forms and guidelines are also available online.

For further information on application requirements, please contact:

The Director of Postgraduate StudiesImperial College LondonFaculty of Life SciencesSouth Kensington campusLondonSW7 2AZ